Antonyms


Direction: In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  1. CAPRICIOUS









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    reasonable (Adjective) : fair, practical and sensible
    capricious (Adjective) : showing sudden changes in attitude/ behaviour ; changeable
    fanciful (Adjective) : based on imagination and not on facts/reason
    intolerant (Adjective) : not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own
    indifferent (Adjective) : having/ showing no interest

    Correct Option: B

    reasonable (Adjective) : fair, practical and sensible
    capricious (Adjective) : showing sudden changes in attitude/ behaviour ; changeable
    fanciful (Adjective) : based on imagination and not on facts/reason
    intolerant (Adjective) : not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own
    indifferent (Adjective) : having/ showing no interest


  1. GRATING









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    musical (Adjective) : pleasant to listen to
    grating (Adjective) :unpleasant to listen to ; hoarse ; harsh ; unmusical
    unmusical (Adjective) : not pleasant hoarse (Adjective) : sounding rough and unpleasant
    strident (Adjective) : having a loud, rough and unpleasant sound

    Correct Option: A

    musical (Adjective) : pleasant to listen to
    grating (Adjective) :unpleasant to listen to ; hoarse ; harsh ; unmusical
    unmusical (Adjective) : not pleasant hoarse (Adjective) : sounding rough and unpleasant
    strident (Adjective) : having a loud, rough and unpleasant sound



Direction: In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  1. INDELIBLE









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    temporary (Adjective) : lasting for a short time; not permanent
    indelible (Adjective) : permanent ; impossible to forget/remove
    decorous (Adjective) : polite and appropriate in a particular social situation ; not shocking ; proper
    surprising (Adjective) : causing surprise
    concerted (Adjective) : done in a planned and determined way, by more than one person, government, country, etc.

    Correct Option: D

    temporary (Adjective) : lasting for a short time; not permanent
    indelible (Adjective) : permanent ; impossible to forget/remove
    decorous (Adjective) : polite and appropriate in a particular social situation ; not shocking ; proper
    surprising (Adjective) : causing surprise
    concerted (Adjective) : done in a planned and determined way, by more than one person, government, country, etc.


  1. AGGRAVATE









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    alleviate (Verb) : to make something less severe ; ease
    aggravate (Verb) : to worsen ; to irritate; to make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse; to annoy somebody deliberately depreciate (Verb) : to become less valuable over a period of time
    extinguish (Verb) : to put out ; to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining
    subsidise (Verb) : to give money to somebody/an organisation to help pay for something

    Correct Option: D

    alleviate (Verb) : to make something less severe ; ease
    aggravate (Verb) : to worsen ; to irritate; to make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse; to annoy somebody deliberately depreciate (Verb) : to become less valuable over a period of time
    extinguish (Verb) : to put out ; to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining
    subsidise (Verb) : to give money to somebody/an organisation to help pay for something



  1. RETRENCH









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    recruit (Verb) : to find new people to join an organisation/a company
    retrench (Verb) : to spend less money ; to reduce costs ; to tell somebody that he cannot continue working for you
    revamp (Verb) : to make changes to the form of something; to improve its appearance
    belie (Verb) : to give a false impression of somebody/something; to show that something cannot be true or correct
    deviate (Verb) : to be different from something ; to do something in a different way from what is usual/expected

    Correct Option: D

    recruit (Verb) : to find new people to join an organisation/a company
    retrench (Verb) : to spend less money ; to reduce costs ; to tell somebody that he cannot continue working for you
    revamp (Verb) : to make changes to the form of something; to improve its appearance
    belie (Verb) : to give a false impression of somebody/something; to show that something cannot be true or correct
    deviate (Verb) : to be different from something ; to do something in a different way from what is usual/expected